Public Utilities Commission v. City of Durango

There is only one issue presented by this writ of error: whether the City of Durango or the Public Utilities Commission has the jurisdiction to regulate rates charged by the Southern Union Gas Company for gas services to its customers in the City of Durango.

In 1949 Durango, acting as a home rule city under Article XX of the Colorado Constitution, adopted a franchise ordinance granting to the Southern Union Gas *555Company the right to operate a gas plant in Durango and to supply gas service to the citizens of that city. The franchise, which was to be in effect for twenty-five years, set forth the…